Are those who run NFL teams so incapable of decency when it comes to hiring minorities (African Americans, in particular) as head coaches and general managers for their $16 billion-per-year business before COVID-19 that they need a gimmick to nudge them in the right direction?

In sum, here’s the proposal for that virtual meeting: Any of the NFL’s 32 teams could jump 10 points with its third-round pick in a given draft for hiring a minority general manager and six points for hiring a minority head coach.

Oh, and if a minority general manager or a head coach under this new system reaches a third season, that team could move up five spots in the fourth round of the next draft, earn a couple of gift certificates from Chick-fil-A and maybe receive a shiny toaster.

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More than 70 percent of NFL players are African American, but just four head coaches and two general managers are minorities.

So this is good: The NFL’s diversity committee also wants owners to vote Tuesday on requiring several interviews of minority candidates for head-coaching openings, and they’re suggesting the revamping of the Rooney Rule to include defensive and offensive coordinators, where teams regularly hire head coaches.

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